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package javax.servlet;

import java.util.EventListener;

/**
 * A ServletRequestAttributeListener can be implemented by the developer
 * interested in being notified of request attribute changes. Notifications will
 * be generated while the request is within the scope of the web application in
 * which the listener is registered. A request is defined as coming into scope
 * when it is about to enter the first servlet or filter in each web
 * application, as going out of scope when it exits the last servlet or the
 * first filter in the chain.
 * 
 * @since Servlet 2.4
 */

public interface ServletRequestAttributeListener extends EventListener {
	/**
	 * Notification that a new attribute was added to the * servlet request.
	 * Called after the attribute is added.
	 */
	public void attributeAdded(ServletRequestAttributeEvent srae);

	/**
	 * Notification that an existing attribute has been removed from the *
	 * servlet request. Called after the attribute is removed.
	 */
	public void attributeRemoved(ServletRequestAttributeEvent srae);

	/**
	 * Notification that an attribute was replaced on the * servlet request.
	 * Called after the attribute is replaced.
	 */
	public void attributeReplaced(ServletRequestAttributeEvent srae);
}
